Ninth Circuit Defers to BIA's Interpretation of CIMT Deportability — Law Office of Sabrina Damast, Inc

The Ninth Circuit has deferred to the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision in Matter of Alyazji, which held that the five year period for deportability based on a conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude (CIMT) starts with the last admission to the US that puts the person physically in the US. Thus, if a person enters on a temporary visa, then adjusts status, and then is convicted of a CIMT, the five years began at the time of admission on the temporary visa.

The full text of Route v. Garland can be found here:

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2021/05/06/19-72854.pdf

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